Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preserved in brine, as fish: distinguished from
dry-salted or kenchcured.
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Examples
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However, pickle-cured fish are free of growths of halophiles, because these organisms are aerobic, and the brine of pickle-cured fish does not contain sufficient oxygen to support their growth.
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Fatty fish, such as mackerel, are commonly pickle-cured.
Chapter 5 1982
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